Climate change and depleting fossil fuel resources have driven world governments to consider alternative energy sources and and sustainable energy has emerged as the eco-friendly solution. To understand what makes sustainable energy eco-friendly, we first need to know what sustainable energy and eco-friendly means. Sustainable energy is energy that fulfills the needs of the present but doesn’t leave the future generations bereft of power sources. Therefore, the idea behind developing sustainable energy is to...

Small island developing states, despite still being heavily reliant on fossil fuels, could turn things around and lead the way towards green energy transition, said the United Nations. “S.I.D.S. are creating opportunities and examples that, if replicated worldwide, could lead the transition from fossil fuel energy to renewable and sustainable energy,” said John Ashe, U.N. president of the General Assembly, in his opening address in Apia, Samoa, to the High-Le...

The growth of new renewable power is projected to slow and stabilize after 2014, according to a new report released by the International Energy Agency. According to I.E.A.’s third annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report, renewableshave been put at risk of falling short of the absolute generation levels needed to meet global climate change objectives. Despite global renewable generation being anticipated to grow by 45 percent, to make up...

Alstom will be supplying a 45 megawatt Geared Reaction steam turbine, or GRT, to the Brigg renewable energy plant in the United Kingdom. The Brigg power station will be fueled using locally sourced straw but will also utilize wood. Slated to be operational in early 2016, the biomass power station will supply power to around 70,000 homes, displacing as much as 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide...

Alstom is entering the Israeli market with contracts to construct, operate, and maintain the country’s very first pumped storage power station. Alstom has signed two contracts worth around $160 million with PSP Investment Ltd. for the supply of two 150 MW pump-turbines with the associated balance of plant equipment and Alstom’s Distributed Control System for the 300 MW power plant. Alstom has also...

American philanthropist Howard G. Buffett is providing funding for a hydroelectric project on a river inthe eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Howard G. Buffett, through the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, has provided $19.7 million in funding for the construction of a hydroelectric project that will be located on a river that runs through Virunga National Park in eastern D.R. Congo....

A 320 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant, located next to an existing hydroelectric dam in western China, has begun its trial run. According to China Daily, the Longyangxia Dam in Qinghai Province integrates both solar and hydro-power generation to bring renewable energy to the grid. It is the largest hydro-solar project in the world to date. The project was constructed by a sub...

A $13 million-clean energy storage project was officially completed in Canadian province of British Columbia. The Government of Canada’s Clean Energy Fund and the utility BC Hydro each provided $6.5 million for the new one-megawatt battery unit. The Battery Energy Storage project is the first of its kind in Canada, it took two years to complete and is located within the boundaries of Yoho National Park,...

Getting electricity from clean sources is a lot cheaper than getting it from coal-fired power plants, according to study focusing on the various costs associated with the sources of electricity. Factoring in climate change costs as well as other health impacts, the study – titled “The Social Cost of Carbon: Implications for Modernizing our Electricity System” - shows that its more cost effective to...

Wind and solar power electricity generation in the western United States is projected to become cost-competitive without help from federal subsidies by 2025, according to a study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. According to the report, “Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards: An Assessment of Regional Supply and Demand Conditions Affecting the Future of Renewable Energy in the West,” several...